How to build a doctor?

My role in Sogeti is to build solutions to collect and analyse data for our customers. We are presenting the knowledge in Big Data to people who would not have the experience and ability to process this information in the past.

Now we present this knowledge in understandable ways and even say what the “Next Best Action” is.

How far can we take the idea of collecting and analysing information, and informing people what their options are? For example, could we replace a Lawyer or Doctor, with a Machine? Can we replace a human who uses their experiences and training, with data and an interface? Will you be replaced by technology?

For the purposes of this blog post, a Doctor does not only have the letters “Dr.” in front of their name. What you need to be concerned about is “Am I a Data Bank?” [...]